Supporting the troops

As most you all know by now the son is over in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban with the 82nd . He's been able to send us here a few emails , and just yesterday was able to make a phone call . He says that things have really gotten heated up now . The Taliban and militants have taken control of a city over their , and the 82nd along with fellow NATO forces are fixing to take the city back . Just the other day they caught a truck load of explosives near Kandahar......
Any how , with the media dwelling so much on Iraq , the soldiers over at Afghanistan seem to have been forgotten . Here at the Moore house we are sending off a care package this week . The wife is a dairy manager at the local Food Lion and has gotten them to start doing the same thing . Lets all see what we can do to support those soldiers and let them know that the rest of the world has them in their thoughts by sending items that they may need to help cheer them up .

Earl G. Moore III
TF Corsair, Echo Company/ 2-82 AVN
FOB Kandahar
APO AE 09355

Ok , it doesn't matter who you send it to,the troops or to him to hand out to his fellow comrades .( tho I do like the idea of maybe sorta adopting his troop...) As far as what to send , he and I had the chance to actually talk yesterday before they were to go over to another city and try to push Taliban and militants out of there. He mentioned that they are thankful for anything .
Let me just say these guys are on their feet a lot . So foot powders (athletes feet) , deodorants , toothpaste , toothbrushes , soap . DO NOT send mouthwashes...no liquids are allowed .
Envelopes ,notepads , pencils and pens....
Now for stuff that they can snack on ...caned nuts , dried fruits , jerky , chips like pringles in a tube . Dried goods of any sort are very nice to receive , they can take that into the field with them , and its light in weight . Store bought cookies and snacks work out well , homemade products will generally go bad before they get it .

And last but not least , letters...I myself know how much a letter from anyone can mean . A soldier just wants to hear that he's not been forgotten from the rest of the world . They want to know that folks think about them.....so a card or letter is always nice to receive...and believe me , it'll get read out to all within earshot more times than you could imagine.

thx , Earl aka:skinski